Habib Sadek

{{Short description|Lebanese politician, poet and writer (died 2023)}}

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Habib Sadek ({{Langx|ar|حبيب صادق}}; born 1930/1931 – 1 July 2023) was a Lebanese poet, writer and politician who was a member of parliament. He was the president of the Conseil Culturel Liban Sud.{{cite web |url=http://www.alliance21.org/2003/auteur364.html |title=Habib Sadek |website=Alliance pour un monde responsable, pluriel et solidaire}} He was described as a Marxist.{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon: A Final Assessment|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/parliamentary-elections-in-lebanon-a-final-assessment|website=Washington Institute|accessdate=23 June 2017|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123121332/https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/parliamentary-elections-in-lebanon-a-final-assessment|url-status=dead}}

He founded the Democratic Left Movement which brought together left-wing academics and intellectuals who which opposed the Syrian occupation and integrating into what would become the March 14 Alliance.

Sadek died on 1 July 2023, at the age of 92.[https://euro.dayfr.com/trends/amp/458462 Death of former MP Habib Sadek]